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Accounting Quiz ā€“ Chapters 4,5,6,7 Multiple Choice
Chapter 4:
Revenue Recognition:
ļ‚·Increase in a future economic benefit arising from an increase in an asset or a decrease
in a liability.
ļ‚·Sales or performance effort is substantially complete, amount is measureable and
collection is assured.
Expense Recognition
ļ‚· Decrease in a future economic benefit arising from a decrease in an asset or an increase
in a liability
ļ‚· Directly tied to changes in assets and liabilities
Accrual Accounting:
ļ‚· Transactions affecting the companyā€™s financial statements are recorded in the period in
which the events occur, not when the company pays or receives cash.
ļ‚·Revenue ā€“ recorded when earned
ļ‚·Expenses ā€“ goods and services are used or consumed
Cash Accounting:
ļ‚· Revenue is recorded only when cash is received
ļ‚·Expense is recorded only when cash is paid
Chapter 5:
Key for survival of any company is the operating area of cash flow statements; need to have
positive cash flows in this area over the long run in order to survive.
A cash flow statement shall be presented as an integral part of the financial statements for each
period for which financial statements are presented.
Users of an enterpriseā€™s financial statements are interested in how the enterprise generates
and uses cash and cash equivalents. This is the case regardless of the nature of the enterpriseā€™s
activities.
General:
ļ‚·Cash flows subject to restrictions (compensating balances) not included in cash and cash
equivalents
ļ‚·Investments may be but only if they have very short maturity dates (3 months or less);
readily convertible to cash and low risk of changes in value
ļ‚·Equity investments are not included
ļ‚·Bank balances are normally financing unless they are bank overdrafts, repayable on
demand and balances fluctuate frequently; are then part of cash and cash equivalents
Components:
ļ‚·Operating Activities
oDay to day activities
oMay include trading assets
ļ‚·Investing Activities
oPurchase and sale of capital assets (separate)
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oCash advances and loans to other parties
oCash payments to acquire equity or debt instruments
ļ‚·Financing Activities
oCash proceeds from equity investments
oCash proceeds from debentures, loans, notes, bonds, mortgages
oCash repayments on amounts above
oCash payment of dividends and interest charged to retained earnings
Reporting
ļ‚·Two options: Direct or Indirect Method
ļ‚·ASPE & IFRS would prefer the direct method, but most companies use the indirect
method
Non-Cash Items: investing and financing transactions that do not require the use of cash or cash
equivalents should be excluded from a cash flow statement. Such transactions should be
disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements in a way that provides all the relevant
information about these investing and financing activities.
Chapter 6:
Why do we need Internal Controls? We need internal controls to prevent and deter/detectā€¦
theft, errors (both unintentional and intentional), misappropriation of asset, misappropriation
of financial statements.
What do internal controls provide companies with? Ability to achieve reliable financial
reporting, effective and efficient operations, compliance with laws and regulations, segregation
of duties/ability to detect inconsistencies in financial information.
Primary Components:
ļ‚·Control environment
oOrganization values integrity; unethical behavior is not permitted
ļ‚·Risk assessment
oIdentify business risks and how to manage them
ļ‚·Control activities
oReduce occurrence of fraud; design policies and procedures to address specific
risks
ļ‚§Authorization
ļ‚§Segregation of duties
ļ‚§Documentation
ļ‚§Physical controls
ļ‚§Independence
ļ‚·Information and communication
ļ‚·Monitoring
Internal Control Limitations:
ļ‚·Only provide reasonable assurance
oCollusion
oCost vs benefits
oCompany size
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ļ‚·Controls over Cash collections
oDeposit cash sales on a daily basis into the bank
oCredit card charges ā€“ deposited into a bank account ā€“ no physical substance
oChecks ā€“ no physical substance
oElectronic Funds Transfer (EFT) ā€“ no physical substance
ļ‚·Controls over Cash payments
oAuthorization
ļ‚§Dual signatures on checks
ļ‚§Threshold
oSegregation of duties
ļ‚§Individual cutting the check can not also sign the check
oDocumentation
ļ‚§Pre-numbered checks in sequential order
oPhysical control
ļ‚§Daily deposit
ļ‚§Store cash in safes
ļ‚§Limit access
oIndependence
ļ‚§Attach check stub to invoice
ļ‚§Compare
ļ‚§Perform bank reconciliations
oHuman resource controls
ļ‚§Bonded employees
ļ‚§Background checks
Back Reconciliations
ļ‚·Reconciling items per books
oCredit memoranda and other deposits
ļ‚§EFT
oDebit memoranda and other payments
ļ‚§Service charges
ļ‚§NSF check
ļ‚·Reconciling items per bank
oOutstanding checks and
oDeposits in transit
ļ‚·The need for bank reconciliations
oLimitations of the bank reconciliation
oImportance of bank reconciliations
ļ‚§Internal control (but only if done right)
oFrequency
oComplications
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